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From creative destruction to convivial innovation – A post-growth perspective

In this paper, the reasearcher argue that the notion of Creative Destruction underpinning classical innovation management theory as well as having crystallised into technological determinism and productivism has come to a dead-end.

Exploring Citizen Participation in Smart City Development in Mexico City: An institutional logics approach

This paper explores smart city development, with a focus on the modalities of citizen participation, using an institutional logics approach. Using Mexico City as an example.

Easier said than done? Involving citizens in the smart city

This paper seeks to move this aspect of the smart city debate forward. Using Mexico City as an exemple.

A framework to allocate responsibilities of the global environmental concerns: A case study in Spain involving regions, municipalities, productive sectors, industrial parks, and companies

This paper presents the responsible operating space (ROS) framework, a framework that includes both the common governance of the global environmental concerns and the comprehensive management of environmental sustainability

Exploring Citizen Participation in Smart City Development in Mexico City: An institutional logics approach

This paper explores smart city development (Mexico City), with a focus on the modalities of citizen participation, using an institutional logics approach

Sustainability marketing beyond sustainable development: towards a degrowth agenda

This paper argues that sustainable development notions have run their course within sustainability marketing debates and proposes degrowth as an alternative framework to steer disciplinary debates in new directions.

Socio-technical imaginaries of a circular economy in governmental discourse and among science, technology, and innovation actors: A Norwegian case study

This research adopts the prism of socio-technical imaginaries to understand specific visions of circularity in science and innovation, exploring how competing imaginaries mobilize specific actors, institutions, and visions of a greener future

Who will benefit from the transition to the Circular Economy?

This SPECIAL ISSUE aims to improve our understanding on the implementation of the circular economy, beyond recycling and technological research

Circular bioeconomy potential and challenges within an African context: From theory to practice

In the present study, a preliminary assessment of waste management practices in a tourist hotel in Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is explored

Implementing circular economy in a regional context: A systematic literature review and a research agenda

The main purpose of this study is to improve the understanding of the regional adoption of CE

Perception and awareness of circular economy options within sectors related to agriculture in Argentina

The objective of this paper is to identify the present level of awareness, the current situation and the expectations regarding the transition towards a circular economy approach within Argentina’s agricultural sectors based on an opinion and perception survey

Towards sustainable aquaculture systems: Biological and environmental impact of replacing fishmeal with Arthrospira platensis (Nordstedt) (spirulina)

Environmental impact of second-generation biofuels production from agricultural residues in Cameroon: A life-cycle assessment study

This work focuses on assessing the environmental impact of the production of second-generation liquid and gaseous biofuels by means of the life cycle assessment method, in order to contribute to sustainable development with emphasis on environmentally concerned decision-making and appropriate choice of technologies.

System dynamic analysis of urban household food-energy-water nexus in Melbourne (Australia)

This study establishes a household food-energy-water nexus model, taking Melbourne as a case.

Plastic Waste Management in Morocco: A Sociological Reflection about the Informal Sector in the Circular Economy

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This article explores the link between plastic waste management in Morocco (Casablanca and Rabat) and the varied working conditions of formal and informal sector workers in the context of transitioning to a Circular Economy

Better or different? A reflection on the suitability of indicator methods for a just transition to a circular economy

This article questions the efficacy of indicators for a just Circular Economy (CE), we suggest refining methods, adopting new strategies, and reconceiving indicators as politicized artifacts to shape alternative narratives.

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Industria Policy in an era of Global Structural Change: inplications for South Africa

How the transition to a Circular Economy can assist in a Just Transition.

Better or different? A reflection on the suitability of indicator methods for a just transition to a circular economy

This is a research paper that reflects on the limitations of indicator-based methods in assessing sustainable transitions and explores their suitability for achieving a just Circular Economy (CE) transition.

Environmental and Social Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Management in Italy According to EU Directives

This study aims at evaluating the environmental and social impacts of the WEEE management system in Italy, with a special focus on collection and recycling in Campania Region (the third more populated Italian Region, Southern Italy)

Empowering the transition towards a circular economy through empirically-driven research: Past, present, and future

In this paper, we discuss the importance of empirically-driven research in the area of sustainable production and distribution systems in order to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy in contemporary societies.

Dimensions of repair work

The study aims to develop analytical distinctions among various types of repair work, taking into consideration gendered, racial, and spatial divisions of labor, as well as distinct forms of ecological consciousness and agency.

Environmental assessment of multiple “cleaner electricity mix” scenarios within just energy and circular economy transitions, in Italy and Europe

This study assesses the environmental impacts of the Italian and EU electricity mixes under different governmental and research scenarios and perspectives, by means of the Life Cycle Assessment approach (Midpoint and Endpoint LCA).

Understanding the EU’s circular economy policies through futures of circularity

This paper examines the underlying circular futures within the EC’s CE policies by analyzing their content from 2011 to 2022

Evaluating Environmental and Energy Performance Indicators of Food Systems, within Circular Economy and “Farm to Fork” Frameworks

This study proposes a framework of environmental and energy performance indicators.

Briefing del Taller de co-creació “Cap a una transició justa a l’Economia Circular”

Briefing del Taller de co-creació “Cap a una transició justa a l’Economia Circular”

Agenda del Taller de co-creació “Cap a una transició justa a l’Economia Circular”

Agenda del Taller de co-creació “Cap a una transició justa a l’Economia Circular”

A framework for a responsible circular economy

A framework for a responsible circular economy

Perspectives on Socially and Environmentally Just Circular Cities: The Case of Naples (Italy)

This study starts by evaluating the evolution and current state of the concept of circular city. The latter can be included within a wider window of urban brandings which share in common the visions and applications in cities of more sustainable patterns

Socioeconomic and Environmental Benefits of Expanding Urban Green Areas: A Joint Application of i-Tree and LCA Approaches

Multi-criteria methods for the optimal localization of urban green areas

This study compares evaluation methods to guide decision-making for urban green strategies

Exploring the transition towards circular supply chains through the arcs of integration

The objective of this paper is to critically examine the supply chain integration concept and assess its suitability for the analysis of circular supply chains

What theories of value (could) underpin our circular futures?

This paper evaluates different configurations of the circular economy and highlights the importance of recognizing and incorporating value theory in research

Circular Economy indicators for supply chains: A systematic literature review

Recently, the Circular Economy paradigm has emerged as an alternative to linear and unsustainable production and consumption systems.

Potential Energy Savings from Circular Economy Scenarios Based on Construction and Agri-Food Waste in Italy

This study
investigates the energy savings from recycling Construction and Demolition Waste (C&DW) in Naples.

Closed-loop supply chain design for the transition towards a circular economy: A systematic literature review of methods, applications and current gaps

Over the last decade, significant attention has been devoted to Closed-Loop Supply Chain (CLSC) design problems. As such, this review aims at assessing whether the current modelling approaches for CLSC problems can support the transition towards a Circular Economy at a supply chain level.

Integration of the circular economy paradigm under the just and safe operating space narrative: Twelve operational principles based on circularity, sustainability and resilience

The goal of this research is to theoretically integrate the CE paradigm within the environmental sustainability framework.

Politicising Circular Economy: what can we learn from Responsible Innovation?

The ‘Circular Economy’ has become a new buzzword in debates about sustainability. Circularity, however, is usually presented in terms of scientific and technological challenges that often neglect the socio-political aspects related to the transition towards more sustainable futures, such as participation, co-creation and social justice.